Best Israeli animation movies

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.

Eviah, a young and timid kid on the brink of puberty and his best friend sneak into the Black slide, the most terrifying ride in Aqua Fun. There Eviah will gain insight to prepare him for events about to unfold at home. Eviah is about to confront more then just a scary slide.

A story of love, loss and redemption set on a train in 1943.

“Deadline” is a black comedy stop-motion short that explores the power balance between bureaucracy, death and feline devotion of the elderly

In a divided city, two kids from rival sides meet at Cinema Rex. He speaks only Hebrew, and she speaks only Arabic. They will manage to form a true friendship based on one magical language, the cinema.

What had initially started out as a Jewish revolt against the Roman occupation, quickly turned into a fierce civil war. The combination of religious messianic zeal and the friction between social classes proved disastrous and resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.

A short film about a mother trying to deal with her videogame addicted son.

During the long sleepless nights, a new mother's familiar home surroundings take on a dark and eerie appearance.

Tom adopts a dog with a hereditary skin disease. The special bond between them leads Tom to discover her hidden identity – she is a he, a transgender man

2-minute animation film to music by John Coltrane.

Surrounded by the prying eyes of a patriarchal society, a lonely housewife plunges into an internal exploration of gender and sexuality in 20th century Morocco. Tamou’s true identity as a trans man begins to unfold.

The bizarre adventures of "jobniks", office workers, serving their mandatory Israeli Defence Forces' service in a desert nuclear base.

Imagine that you are a renowned chemist, who invents a legal psychoactive drug. Imagine that you push it as a start-up and become the most notorious drug baron of the 21st century. Imagine that all of this is true. How to make a documentary out of this unbelievable story? Let’s animate it, give it rhythm and take the audience on a journey where the high-tech world and academia meet the fauna of the Haifa underworld.

The film follows Jacqueline Kahanoff’s writings, as an elderly woman confronts the revelation of uterine cancer, marking the commencement of a new chapter. It captures her fears of treatments, the isolation experienced as a patient in a healthy world, and the peculiar beauty emerging amidst the agony.

Nyosha is a ten year old girl. She dreams of buying a pair of shoes during the reality of a pitiless war. She believes that because of her shoes, she will stay alive.A range of animation techniques brings together the dream and the reality and tells Nyosha's story.

A hand- drawn animation short about two people falling in love while flying.

The sun still shines on the Palace of Petit Versailles, and its peculiar residents have the chance to prove themselves.

The life of a dog, trained to act as human, changes when a pack of Hounds gathers around his house.

Two friends explore a city floating in the air, where their friendship is put to the test.

This is the story of Barnie, a grown man, Play around with his childish reflection in an urban landscape. But the fun comes to an end when other adults around change him, and turn him into one of them.

"A radiant, energetic girl is shouting and punching the empty space in front of her. She is roughly cut out from her surroundings by a computer algorithm struggling to contain her. Her enemies are rubbed off the frame, sound is removed and music added, emphasising her anguish and anger. Is she real? Is she a dream? Gradually, more fragments of the scene are revealed, and the context is made clearer. The video-processing highlights the documented scene as image, both of a fight for freedom, and a media event." (Guli Silberstein)

A mother's struggle to come to terms with her daughter's strange behavior.

An old lifeguard arrives every day for work, when in fact the swimming pool he guards has been empty for years. One day, an unexpected guest appears out of nowhere, filling him with doubts about his everyday reality.

A chef and a waiter join forces in order to change the bleak future of their baked ducks.

An urban environment reflects the inner feelings of a city walker.

Lili refuses to let go of her childhood fights a sandstorm who threatens to take it away.

A short animation based on the poem "Onion" by Wislawa Szymborska.

An inspiring documentary about a heroic gay Jewish sportsman who ended up in Auschwitz.

This recounts the history of a small, secluded island over the course of several millennia, to reveal a telling lesson about human nature.

Based on a short story by Etgar Keret. A mentally disturbed man whose mother died at a young age and left her Uterus in the world embarks on a journey to find the Uterus after it has been stolen.

Journey to the future of Rani and Keren, a young couple moving in together for the first time. Without control they are drawn to the race of marriage, children and work, while desperately trying to keep up with the race and stay together.

The sky may be the limit but it’s the ground that defines the descent.

Short film in competition for AROMA film competition.

Once in a while my mom says: my heart yearns for the snowy Siberian Plains... and then she takes a ride to the Dead Sea…A short animated film developed and produced with "Gesher fund" as part of "90 Seconds of Longing" project.

Short animation by Amit Cohen & Lena Valero

In a bland, utilitarian world of order, one worker finds his inner jazz

The journey of 3-year-old Tomy into the magical clown-world beyond his bedroom-wall and his struggle to come back in one piece.

Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind.

In Israeli director Gil Alkabetz's playful study in contrasts, a white bird and a black monster compete for common territory, but, as they soon find out, it's a zero-sum game.

Whilst the towns shiny big theater attracts a crowd of people, a marionette puppet performs at the street corner and barely catches the interest of one spectator. His master, an old man in his last years, cannot keep up with the marionette pace and give his the support he need to succeed. Desperation turns to hope when he discovers that the big theater is conduction a talent show that could bring him his long awaited fame. But the way over is quite complicated when you are a puppet with feelings.

Monsters need love too!

Quasimodo is still a baby when is taken in by Archdeacon Frollo and is turned into the bell-ringer.

Includes fully animated + original music for the classic Hebrew children stories: Shmulik Kipod by Kush Hatzav Shel Oren by Mira Meir Halo, Halo Abba by Hanna Oren

"Each tribe was identified by a flag and by a stone that belonged to it and gave it its power, but many years passed and the tribal leaders died, and their stones and symbols remained. The stones had a special power, each stone and its power. An indescribable power that could enchant any human and heal him."

Lights reminds us to stand up for what we believe! This Chanukah story is told through animation & gripping narration by Judd Hirsch Also features the voices of Leonard Nimoy & Paul Michael Glaser.

Satirical musical comedy using animation technique. It is a study of 80 Amlash sculptures.

An experimental short film by Yoram Gross.

A soldier returns home after World War II

Haim lives in Sderot and puts up billboards for a living. Every time he hears a rocket fire alarm, he is instantly stricken with panic attacks, hallucinations and insomnia.